Tag - Śrubita Reserve
Śrubita Reserve – a strict nature reserve in the Żywiec-Kysuce Beskid Mountains. It is located on the western slopes of Mount Bugaj, in the Śrubita Stream valley, in the Wielka Racza Range. It stretches at an altitude of 780 to 960 m a.s.l.
The reserve was established in 1958 to protect a fragment of the original fir-beech forest, typical of the lower montane zone in the Beskids. It covers an area of 25.86 ha. The reserve contains old trees constituting a fragment of the former Carpathian Forest, which is formed by the transitional Silesian-Żywiec form of fertile Carpathian beech forest typical of the local lower montane zone. The firs, spruces and beeches growing here have reached record sizes for the Polish Carpathians. The oldest firs reach a height of 50 m and their trunks often have a diameter of 100 cm at breast height. In 2011, a 51.8 m tall Norway spruce specimen was discovered here, considered the tallest tree growing in Poland at the time.
Dead wood plays a significant role in the structure of the forest, which guarantees the occurrence of various species of fungi, bryophytes, lichens and animals: arachnids (mites), insects (primarily saproxylic beetles, i.e. associated with dead wood) and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles and birds, especially hole-nesters). All three native species of livestock can be found in the forest floor: glandular livestock, bulbous livestock and nine-leafed livestock. Other species typical of this forest complex grow here alongside them: wood chickweed, sweet bedstraw, prickly fern and broadleaf nephron. Of the rare plant species in Poland, the occurrence of Carpathian tocia has been confirmed.
The reserve is open to visitors, and the Beskidzka Zielona Ścieżka (Beskid Green Path) with numerous information boards has been marked out through its area.
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